Example sentences of "[pers pn] take a [noun] and " in BNC.
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| 1 | Shall I take a knife and tear my mother 's breast ? |
| 2 | ‘ I slipped it in my pocket and forgot about it till one day when I was down at yon ford and I took a swig and , by God , it 's potent . ’ |
| 3 | ‘ Nobody south of Perth had heard of malt whisky in those days , ’ he said , ‘ so I took a bottle and six glasses into my final crit . |
| 4 | This occurred just after I took a turning and found myself on a road curving around the edge of a hill . |
| 5 | I took a sleeping-pill and went to bed straight after supper . |
| 6 | I took a sip and the warmth went down inside me . |
| 7 | There was no chance of them spawning while the tyrant Fire continued his reign of terror so I took a chance and moved the five Fires to another community . |
| 8 | It started on a Friday night in November when I felt a bit odd , so I took a paracetamol and went to bed with a hot-water bottle . |
| 9 | I took a sword and ran out into the sun . |
| 10 | I took a pin and pushed it into the nugget . |
| 11 | I took a breath and pulled myself hand over hand down the curtain , seeking to find the bottom of it with my feet : and there was indeed a gap between the bottom edge of the curtain and the mud , but only a matter of inches , and there was clutter down there , unidentifiable , pressing against the barrier , trying to get past it . |
| 12 | I took a breath and gripped hard . |
| 13 | I took a wineskin and went through the alleys and byeways of Leicester to Greyfriars Church . |
| 14 | I took a boat and went out on Lake Geneva . |
| 15 | I take a cocktail and some assorted nuts in the bar to re-civilise myself . |
| 16 | I take a camera and sit on the edge of the water . |
| 17 | ‘ Jeez , how on earth d' ya take a bath and how is your love life ’ were presumably part of the empathy process from Gerry and his audience almost comatose with voyeurism and in need of splints for drop-jaw . |
| 18 | It lies beside its mother occasionally disengaging from the teat with creamy milk dribbling from the side of its mouth , while she takes a rest and perhaps shifts on the sand to offer her other teat . |
| 19 | Is n't this is an extraordinary situation , n here is a nurse , a a you know a a kind caring woman , she takes a drug and yet she must be of all people the one person to say , I 'm having a side effect . |
| 20 | Then she took a shower and changed into a cool sundress . |
| 21 | Well in the end she took a stack and went in to see Miss and Miss tried to change the subject , subj |
| 22 | From the top drawer of her chest-of-drawers she took a pad and went to fetch her biro from the handbag hanging on the back of the door . |
| 23 | She took a drink and sat back to think . |
| 24 | She took a cab and was in the City just after ten . |
| 25 | From it she took a shilling and gave it to Sarah . |
| 26 | She took a towel and hanging it over her arm , she made her way upstairs , her mind spinning with troubled thoughts . |
| 27 | She took a handkerchief and rubbed it across her brow and her eyes . |
| 28 | It was a brief respite ; when , presently , she took a break and switched on the radio , she found herself listening to the voice of Detective Inspector Clarke who was being interviewed by a reporter . |
| 29 | She took a seat and from it she saw nurses going in and out of the cubicle where they had taken Robbie . |
| 30 | She took a seat and drew a piece of paper towards her and began to write , the Grenfells were n't beaten yet , not by a long chalk . |